melissa: and a possible conflict between israel and iraq. lori: an update on the market and this thursday afternoon. 15 minutes since we last heard from it: the new york stock exchange. last trading day of the month. off about 16 points. nicole: this has been a really stellar january. don't forget since 1950, 83% of the time as goes january, so goes the year. the major averages gaining him a big way and the s&p 500. we will see that holds for the year. the one index squeezing out a gain. from positive territory into ago. the dollar has weakened, helping equities along as well. oil and gold are both on the downside. i wanted to take a look at a name on the move, ups. take a look at it, down 2.1%. we talked about the ceo talk about uncertainties for the economy going forward and fiscal uncertainty more importantly noted until washington can get it right it might be difficult for businesses to function properly and grow, and he actually made it very obvious when he last spoke. a look at the one-year chart down 2.1%. lori: thank you. melissa: st